Things You Might Need To Know You Will Never Know

people can say one thing
and mean ten others
in an opposite direction

if you ask for directions
you will owe someone something
somewhere

sometimes it's better to remain lost
the cost of being different
when you could choose otherwise

gets higher and higher
but will you still recognize
your own name when it is called

after all, this world is temporary
what you thought when you were small
might be the most true of all

even better than
refrigerator drawings

hope is not a tinsel star
but sometimes it makes you feel shiny.

mary angela douglas 11 november 2017